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Fatty my friend i apologize for ignoring you but i've been on a mission these past few days and it has been completed. After some terrible Team Doubles performances i decided to go Lone Wolf and was at a level 22. After a week of ups and downs i finally got up to 30 on sunday and today after some long days after work i archived my goal... a level 40. If it wasen't obvious Halo has made its resurgence in my xbox and i'm ready to frag some 'NN geeks.

Grats Kevin! I have all but given up on ranking, I'm too rusty these days anyhow.

Thanks! Yea i was REAL rusty for a while there, i've got a little bit better but the last few games of LW i got straight up lucky (a few close call wins on f***** oddball and a shotgun whoring game on the Pit put me over the 38 ---> 40 edge) but i know i've reached my ceiling there's no way i'll get to be the almighty Brig.

I guess without a set time, people have different ideas of what time to go on. I was playing Halo half the day (got it off for various reasons), but obviously not the half when other people are actually doing stuff.

Chuck___"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."

I picked up Ninja Gaiden 2 and Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one is called) this weekend on a whim. I had 4 games I wanted to trade in so I got those 2 in exchange. I haven't played Splinter Cell yet, but Ninja Gaiden is pretty fun. Just a hack n' slash button masher, but I enjoy those games from time to time. Plus, its ninja related, so there ya go.

I'll probably be spending most of my time playing those 2 games for a while, but if there's a meetup scheduled I'll do my best to make it.

downloaded Cold Storage and i have a sense of nostalgia (idk if theres any Halo CE fans here but i remember the days of LAN play on xbox) So i'm all about having a meet up with the NNers .
I just purchased Mass Effect off ebay on the CHEAP so i've been playing that (i generally HATE RPG's but this game is just awe inspiring, from the story and characters to the battles its cinematic like nothing i've ever played)

In yet another desperate attempt to keep this thread alive I have some shots from the last mini-NN-meetup between Stogie, Bogues and I.

Before KB signed on me and Stogie did some Rocket Race. After being hit by two rockets at the same time down in the river we landed way up here.

This game proved to be the best matchup between Bogues and I ever. Fiesta Ball on Blackout.

After I grabbed the ball for a beginning run of 24 seconds it was Bogues that came to end my life. We ended up killing eachother.
Where to begin in this photo? First off look at the extra forearm in front of my face that has no body. Second, look at the left arm of Bogues, which is twisted in such a horrible manner it must've spawned the extra limb out of pain. Thirdly, Fatty pulled his best rock-em sock-em robot impression by stretching his neck out an extra 6 inches.

Bogues giving me his meanest left-hook milliseconds before he would eat laser. Fatty still in the lead, but Bogues closing in.

Just before Bogues can tie Fatty up, I make him eat rocket.

After I murdered my way through whatever jabronies had the ball, Bogues hammers me off the map allowing me very little time with the ball. He would then overtake me by 2 seconds during this possession.

I regain the ball and start closing the gap on Bogues, until he steamrolls through me with a well-timed shotgun blast. Game is tied until Bogues picks up the ball.

I snipe KB just as he makes it to 90 points (out of 100) and get killed before I can add any to my 88. Bogues would get the ball yet again and race to 94 before I close the noose and make him another rocket sandwich.

Thanks to him killing anyone near me I am able to waltz to 100 and the victory, but not without me looking over my shoulder waiting for Kevin to pull off some outrageous kill of Fatty and steal the win. During the film I was counting kills between the two of us and KB managed to kill me 3 more times than I killed him. A few lucky breaks went my way allowing me the win.

Well I got to 10/10 and lost one, and then won.....and then proceeded to start getting my ass kicked all night.....sigh, oh well.

SWAT RANT

Everyone is an Elite....stupid f**king Elite with a headshot area half the size of a Spartan. His stupid Elite shoulders make side-on shots more difficult and even strait-on shots are twice as hard as a Spartan. Forget about getting him in the back of the head....

So now everyone I play against in SWAT is a stupid goddamned Elite, because they assume it'll make them win. Well I schooled more than my fair share of high-ranking Elites yesterday and I can say that they only succeeded in bastardizing my favorite scenario. I **** you not, 90% of everyone you face in SWAT is an Elite, while other scenarios you'll barely see one out of 8 people.

Bungie needs to address this, I don't remember Elites being any different (besides the from behind headshot) in Halo 2. I would say at least 25% of my missed kill opportunities are soley due to the lousy headshot area of the Elite. I'll put 2 BR bursts into an Elite's face strait ahead of me and he'll shrug it off and kill me with one easy burst.

Yes, yes, complaining about not getting a kill is a very cliché 14-year old thing to do in Halo, but this wasn't once or twice, it was at least 50 times. My "Most Killed" was ALWAYS an opposing teammate that wasn't an Elite, regardless of rank. That's ridiculous! I was playing with my buddy Cheezy and he took 5 screenshots, from different games, of an Elite getting smacked right in the head with all three bullets of a BR burst and not dying.

This spills over to regular Slayer. So if an Elite's shields are down he is going to have a severe advantage to a shieldless Spartan? That isn't right, Halo is about balance, and it most certainly is about having everyone's characters on an even field, kinda like NASCAR. It comes down to skill instead of inherent advantage.

I can't see anything happening though, changing an entire character because of an exploit in one playlist isn't worth it. Until then I'll continue to be pissed-off all the time in my favorite ranked playlist, because I'm way to proud to join the rest of those jerks.

Edit: Upon perusing the Bungie forums it seems this a very widespread problem. Even those that switched to Elites say they can see blood spurting in front of them when then get hit in the face, but they are able to go on living.

Two suggestions: Elites get the Carbine instead. While more powerful round for round it has one precise 'bullet', as opposed to the 3 burst of the BR that can sweep a larger area in one shot. The rounds are also easily traced to their origin. Second suggestion, ban Elites from SWAT, or ban Spartans. I'm not against the Elites, but I love SWAT to much to see it enter the long line of Halo scenarios that have been bastardized.

Wow i 100% agree with your rant on Elites they seriously make me so freaking mad. But the only good thing about them is the sounds they make when they die, and if you ever hear Bogues do his Elite impression it is amazing he sounds as if he is the man who recorded it. Yet i have something that makes me just as mad as Elites.

And this might seem pointless to rant on but people who make new accounts make me f***** mad. Im there playing lonewolves and there is a guy who is actually a 50, a pro playing on a new account. At this point i already know i'm screwed cause i see that at least 70% of the people i'm going up against are really lvl 50. It makes it close to impossible for me to go up it, then after the game they say stuff like "Wow you suck you just got beat by a captain", ugh those things can really ruin a otherwise good experience.